Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.

Anxiety and excitement are the same emotion. The only difference is our attitude toward the experience.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

The superior person is like water, bringing benefit to all without competing.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

The path is not about perfecting ourselves, but about perfecting our love.

May all beings be happy, be peaceful, be liberated.

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

In the moment of love, awareness is very strong. Use that awareness, that strength of consciousness, to look into yourself.

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

The mind itself is the maker of all happiness and misery; yet beings do not understand this and blame external conditions.

The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person's suffering and bring that person joy.

Wisdom is not something we have to strive to acquire. Rather, wisdom arises naturally as we open our hearts to the truth of what is.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can't simply relax with ourselves. We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

In the monastery of your body, the monk of your mind must stay in retreat.